Honda Group, Colombia

Honda Group Stratigraphic range: Late Oligocene-Late Miocene typically Middle Miocene (Laventan) ~13.8–11.8 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Statue of a mammal from the Honda Group in Villavieja, Huila
Type	Geological group
Sub-units	Villavieja Fm.  Cerro Colorado Mb.  Baraya Mb. La Victoria Fm.  Cerbatana Mb.
Underlies	Gigante Group  Neiva Fm.
Overlies	Payandé Group  Barzalosa Fm., Saldaña Fm., Santa Teresa Fm.
Thickness	up to 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Conglomerate, sandstone
Other	Claystone, siltstone, volcanoclastic sediments
Location
Coordinates	5°11′31″N 74°43′21″W / 5.19194°N 74.72250°W / 5.19194; -74.72250Coordinates: 5°11′31″N 74°43′21″W / 5.19194°N 74.72250°W / 5.19194; -74.72250
Region	Huila, Tolima, Cundinamarca Middle Magdalena Basin, Upper Magdalena Basin Central & Eastern Ranges Andes
Country	Colombia
Extent	~250 km (160 mi)
Type section
Named for	Honda
Named by	Hettner
Location	Honda (original) Tatacoa Desert (redefined)
Year defined	1892
Coordinates	3°14′04″N 75°12′15″W / 3.23444°N 75.20417°W / 3.23444; -75.20417
Approximate paleocoordinates	3°06′N 72°24′W / 3.1°N 72.4°W / 3.1; -72.4
Region	Tolima (original) Huila (redefined)
Country	Colombia
Thickness at type section	3,255 m (10,679 ft)
Paleogeography of Northern South America 20 Ma, by Ron Blakey

The Honda Group (Spanish: Grupo Honda, Tsh, Ngh) is a geological group of the Upper and Middle Magdalena Basin and the adjacent Central and Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The group, in older literature also defined as formation, is in its present-day type section in the Tatacoa Desert in the department of Huila subdivided into two main formations; La Victoria and Villavieja.

The group was originally defined in and named after Honda, Tolima, but has been redefined based on the many fossil finds in the Tatacoa Desert, 250 kilometres (160 mi) to the south. In the original type section of its occurrence, the 3,255 metres (10,679 ft) thick group is subdivided into three formations, from old to young; Cambrás, San Antonio and Los Limones.

The group dates to the Neogene period; in its broadest definition from the Late Oligocene to Late Miocene, and in the redefined type section restricted to the Laventan age of the South American Mammal Ages (SALMA), equivalent with the Middle Miocene Serravallian epoch.

The Honda Group is a Konzentrat-Lagerstätte at the fossiliferous La Venta site in the department of Huila and eastern Tolima and hosts one of the richest formations containing Miocene fauna worldwide.